Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-07-16
EARL ABEgDEEN's TRIP.
I'm New York Finishing His Journey
Around the World.
New York Times.l


Four persons alighted from car
rage at the Hotel Brunswick about
1890 o'clock last night and walked
slowly across the broad walk. BY the
time they reached the door they had
seen all that was easily in view up and
down Fifth avenue. The leader of the
party wore loose lounging suit of
gray, and over his ears was pulled big
soft hat that may have been once white.
Behind him sauntereda woman, dressed
quite as comfortably for travel as man
could be. The leader was not above
medium height and of slender figure. So
much of his face as his hat left exposed
was covered with a short black beard.
His companion was notioeably tall.
Once within the hotel the leader threw
a shadow over the register with his
white hat as he wrote, Earl and Coun-
tess of Aberdeen" Then gentleman,
10y comparison exceedingly dapper,
was registered as Professor Henry
Drummond, Of Scotland, and the rest
was left to elevator and hall-boys.
porters, and trap-carriers.
In their rooms upstairs the Earl and
Countess extended greetings few
minutes later with q party of callers,
and chatted afiably about various mat
tiers that travellers weary with long
journey are not always disposed to be
aflable about. Their arrival in this city
completes the last stage but one OF
trip round the world that began in De-
cember last. They reached San Fran
cisco from New Zealand June 18th.
After a visit of few days they went to
Salt Lake City, thence TO Colorado
Springs and Denver. At Denver they
assisted in the jubilee celebration.
Then they went to Kansas City, took
trip into Texas to visit the ranch of a
brother of the Countess, thence to st.
Paul, where another brother from
Cheyenne met them, thence to Milwau-
kee, to Chicago, TO Niagara Falls, and
to this city. They will sail for home
on the Servia tomorrow afternoon.
From the day they reached San Fran
cisco attentions have been generously
shown them at every stopping place by
Scotch and Irish Populations and So
cities. No effort vas spared to prove
the grateful affection of the Irish to-
ward this most popular Lord Lieutenant
that country has lately known. From
what he saw at these demonstrations
Earl Aberdeen thinks himself better
informed in regard to the kind of peo-
pie in this country who sympathize
with home rlle than are the English
journals. So far as he could observe
in crossing the continent Ireland's
sympathizers here are in the main
very respectable people. Speaking of
the coercion policy, he said that while
it may have been rightly re-
garded as ominous for Ireland, he
thought it more likely to sound the
death-knell of the Conservative admin
istratlon. American support of Mr..
Gladstone, he said, was of undoubted
benefit in Ireland. 1t probably does no
good to the Liberal party in England.
however, because the English press
takes care to keep the public misin
formed upon this subject. He hoped
to be home in time to vote against the
bill in the House of Lords. Public
sentiment was surely changing in Ire
lands favor, he thought. His observa-
ton at home and abroad, he said, had
shown that friendship for Ireland and
loyalty to the Queen might go together.
When England could see this the re-
yulsion would come.